diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/events/SystemEventChipAnimationController.kt b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/events/SystemEventChipAnimationController.kt
index 56390002490c9..6e8b8bdebbe37 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/events/SystemEventChipAnimationController.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/events/SystemEventChipAnimationController.kt
@@ -265,6 +265,11 @@ class SystemEventChipAnimationController @Inject constructor(
                 // not animating then [prepareChipAnimation] will take care of it for us
                 currentAnimatedView?.let {
                     updateChipBounds(it, newContentArea)
+                    // Since updateCurrentAnimatedView can only be called during an animation, we
+                    // have to create a dummy animator here to apply the new chip bounds
+                    val animator = ValueAnimator.ofInt(0, 1).setDuration(0)
+                    animator.addUpdateListener { updateCurrentAnimatedView() }
+                    animator.start()
                 }
             }
         })
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/events/SystemEventChipAnimationControllerTest.kt b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/events/SystemEventChipAnimationControllerTest.kt
index 55b6be9679f24..0b2da8bfa6492 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/events/SystemEventChipAnimationControllerTest.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/events/SystemEventChipAnimationControllerTest.kt
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package com.android.systemui.statusbar.events
 
 import android.content.Context
 import android.graphics.Rect
+import android.testing.AndroidTestingRunner
+import android.testing.TestableLooper
 import android.util.Pair
 import android.view.Gravity
 import android.view.View
@@ -37,11 +39,14 @@ import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
 import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
 import org.junit.Before
 import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
 import org.mockito.Mock
 import org.mockito.Mockito.verify
 import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations
 
 @SmallTest
+@RunWith(AndroidTestingRunner::class)
+@TestableLooper.RunWithLooper
 class SystemEventChipAnimationControllerTest : SysuiTestCase() {
     private lateinit var controller: SystemEventChipAnimationController
 
@@ -159,7 +164,7 @@ class SystemEventChipAnimationControllerTest : SysuiTestCase() {
         assertThat(chipRect).isEqualTo(Rect(890, 25, 990, 75))
     }
 
-    class TestView(context: Context) : View(context), BackgroundAnimatableView {
+    private class TestView(context: Context) : View(context), BackgroundAnimatableView {
         override val view: View
             get() = this